Cadi

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Cadigalean
English JS Main: 
Cadi
English: 
a Cadigalean imports a woman living at Cadi, or of the tribe of Cadigal.
Category: 
tribe, clan, group
Sub-category: 
SE: female
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
292
Line: 
16
Respelt: 
gadigalyan
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
"Cadigalean" gadi-gal-yan = "a Cadigalean imports a woman living at Cadi, or of the tribe of Cadigal." Cadi people female: Tench [:292:16] [BB]
Source Details: 
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History
Comment: 
Arabanoo died of smallpox May 1789; 23 August 1790: First dated entry in Dawes notebooks THERE WERE NO CADI WOMEN ALIVE WHEN TENCH WROTE THIS ------- ‘The tribe of Cadi inhabit the south side, extending from the south head to Long-Cove; at which place the district of Wanne, and the tribe of Wangal, commences, extending as far as Par-ra-mata, or Rose-Hill.’ [King in Hunter: 275:7]